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No. 6|9,s35. Patented Feb. 14', |899.

W. TRABUE.

POCKET LIGHTER. (Application med bec. 29, 1897,)

(No Model.)

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INVENTOR M W Jmm/ Attorney NITED STATES IVILLIAM TRABUE, OF LOUISVILLE,KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF TI'IREE- FOURTI'IS TO URBAN EWING EA'CHES,`llILLlAll/I R. JOHNSTON, AND HENRY DUMESNIL, OF SAME PLACE.

POCKET-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,635, dated February14, 1899.

Application filed December 29, 1897. Serial No. 664,391. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TRABUE, re-` siding at Louisville, in thecounty of J eiferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pocket- Lighters, of which the following is aspecilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a thread-match and igniter therefor.

The object of the invention is to produce a pocket case or holder inwhich a coil of waxed or other thread provided with fulminates atintervals may be stored'and from which a section may be cut oft and thefulminate ignited in the act of drawing from the casing.

Figure lis a perspective of the casing, showing end of thread-igniter.Fig. 2 is abroken side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan orelevation of a coil of thread-fulminate. Fig. 4 is a broken sectionshowing attachment of knife and thread-guide. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetail of igniter, showing modified cutter. Fig. Gis a view of igniteror match separated from coil.

The thread-igniter is a common thread or wick of cotton, linen, or othermaterial preferably saturated or covered with wax, oil, paraflin, orlike material and having knots or knobs b at intervals, say, of abouttwo inches. Near each knot or knob there is an igniter c of fulminateattached to and projecting at all sides from the thread. The thread maybe coiled or wound. The drawings show merely a theoretical arrangementof the thread. It may7 be wound on a spool or coiled, and many feet ofthe thread with fulminate-igniters attached may be stored in a case aslarge as a very small watchcase.

The thread-igniter may be wound on an axle cl or otherwise. The casing eis preferably a short hollow cylinder, from which one end is removable.The casing may be of metal, hard rubber, or the like; but metal ispreferable. In the side of the case e there is a slot f, preferablyhaving enlargements at intervals to permit the passage of the fulminatec. Of course the slot might be wide enough to pass such fulminates atany point.

Near one end of the slotfa loop g of wire or light metal extends to theoutside of the casing and projects inwardly in inclined position aboutas shown in Fig. 2. A blade or cutter h is attached to this loop. Insidethe casing, under the slot f, there is a roughened friction-piece c',which is preferably in form of a trough, with the inner sides roughenedor corrugated, as indicated at k. This friction-trough may be attachedto the casing by a teat m, which rivets through a hole in the casing.

The roll or coil of thread-igniters being placed in the casing, the endis passed out through slot f, then drawn along so that the thread passesbetween the legs of loop g, thence along the trough t' and between theroughened sides, and then out at the end of the slot, as indicated atFig. 2. By taking hold of a knot or knob b and drawing in the directionof the arrow, Fig. 2, the fulminate c' will pass along the roughenedtrough. The next succeeding knot or knob b will move down the fork orloop, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, until the thread is severedby the cutter, and this releasing the part of the thread projecting fromthe casing causes the pull to withdraw the cut-oft portion quickly, andthe friction will ignite the fulminate, and thereby ignite the cut offportion of the thread, which can then burn as a match.

In Fig. 5, i/ shows a modication in which the blade or cutter isattached to the trough. The thread will be severed in the same manner ashas been described.

The thread-match may be made stiff enough to make a serviceable match,and a short piece detached and ignited as described makes an effectivelighter for a cigar or for gas, being much lesseasily extinguished thana common match,

The device makes a very convenient pocketigniter. It can be modifiedwithin the limits of the claims without departing from my invention.

What I claim is- 1. The pocket-holder consisting of a short metalliccylinder of thin metal having a central reel; an elongated opening inthe edge of the casing for the passage of a thread-igniter; a tangentialroughened trough near this opening, so that a thread-igniter from thereel may pass out of the casing and then again into the casing andthrough the trough; and a cutter within the casing near the Toughenedtrough, all combined and relatively arranged substantially as described.

2. A thread composed of combustible material and havingfulminate-pellets attached at intervals, so as to project at all sidesfrom said thread, substantially as described.

3. A pocket-igniter consisting essentially of a casing With a cutter andan abrading device connected thereto, and a coil of combustible threadWithin the casing, said thread having fulminate-pellets attached at.intervals so as to project at all sides from the thread.

4. A pocketigniter consisting of a casing, a cutter connected thereto,and an abradin g device, and a coil of thread having ignitionpelletsattached thereto at intervals and projecting at all sides therefrom, andadapted to pass the cutter and abrader in Withdrawal.

5. A pocket-igniter consisting of a slotted casing, a cutting-bladeplaced at an incline near the slot in the casing, and an abradingsurfacebetween the cutter and the end of the slot, and the thread in saidcasing having fulminate-pellets attached at intervals and projecting atall sides from said thread, substantially as described.

6. In a pocket-igniter, the slotted casing, the cutter Within saidcasing, and the roughened trough between said cutter and the end of theslot in the casing, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM TRABUE.

Witnesses:

J. SIMEON, R. J oHNs.

